Shipping box or crate.



G. FESSLER.

lSHIPPING BOX OR CRATE. APPLICATION FILED DEO. 23, 1901'.

91 6,852. Patented Mar. 30, 1909,

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.IINITED PATIENT @little CHARLES FESSLER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNORTO KNOCII DOWN CASE COMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OFMICHIGAN.

SHIPPING BOX OR CRATE.

' Application led December 23, 1997.

Patented March 80, 1909.

Serial No. 407,741.

To all lwhom it' may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES Fnssnnn, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Detroit, in the county of lWife-vile and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ShippingBoxes or Crates, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates particularly to a fabric especially designed foruse in forming vthe sections or sides of a shipping box or crate,consisting primarily of a series of slats and tie members therefor, andthe invention consists primarily in the novel construction of thefabric, in the peculiar means employed for uniting the tie members tothe slats to prevent relative creeping movement of the ties, and furtherto prevent racking of the finished box, and the invention still furtherconsists in certain details of construction as will be more fullyhereinafter set forth. i

In the drawings illustrating the invention, -Figure I is a sectionalperspective view of a crate or box section formed frorA my improvedfabric, Fig. 2 is a cross section therethrough taken on lines www ofFig. l; Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional perspective views of modified formsof the fabric; and F 5 is a sectional perspective view showing thepreferred arrangement of the slat sections.

In the drawings thus briefly described,- reference being hadparticularly to Fig. l,- A represents a section of a shipping box orcrate composed of an open-centered frame formed of side members c andends Z), with my improved fabric arranged over the frameworkintermediate the sides, as shown. The fabric consists primarily of aseries of slats, as B, arranged in parallel alinement and extending inthis instance longitudinally of the framework, and a series of tiemembers C uniting the sla-t series and secured at their respective endsto the frame sides in any suitable manner.

In forming the fabric, the slats are arranged side by side in transversealinement, with the tie members extending` crosswise thereof, the tiesbeing preferably flat metallic bands.

To prevent creeping' movement of the ties in relation to the slats, Ihave shown (reference being had to Fig. 4) means for uniting the tiemembers to the slats extending through the ties, the means beingpreferably,-though not necessarily,-a rivet c which pierces the band ortie and has a clenching engagement with the slat.

For the purpose of preventing racking of the section and the consequentdistortion of the form of the finished crate, I employ in theconstruction of the fabric two securing devices (Z c in connection witheach slat, these devices being spaced apart and extending through thetie as previously set forth. This produces a structure that willwithstand all strains that may be imposed upon the crate at any angle orcorner without permitting distortion.

In l I have shown the preferred form of fabric consisting of a series ofslats and the tie iembers as previously set forth, but the slats in thisinstance are cut or sawed longitudinally, forming complementary sectionsf g adapted to be superimposed as shown, while the tie member or bandextends across the slat series intermediate the sections. The slatmembers may be united in any suitable manner, but I have preferablyconnected them by two spaced fasteners c (Z,4preferably rivetsf-whichextend through the tie member for the purpose previously set forth. Alsoto further strengthen the fabric I snperimpose sla ections in which thegrain runs in different irections in the manner indicated in Fig. 5. Thefabric thus formed is ligl t and durable, the tie members and slats areheld against relative movement, the slats are incapable of any turningmovement in relation to one another that will permit a distortion of thebox or crate, and the structure as an entirety is capable of beingmanufactured at sin all cost.

lihat I claim as my invention is,-

l. i fabric for the manufacture of sl'iipping craees or boxes consistingof a series of `slats formed each of complementary supciimposec.sections, and a series of me- 1tallic tie members xtending crosswise ofand continuously over the slats intermediate of the sections, the tiesbeing respectively riveted to each slat.

2. A fabric for the manufacture of shipping crates or boxes, comprisinga series of longitudinally sawed slats, the sections of each beingsuperimposed, a series of flat metallic bands extending transversely ofthe slats intermediate the sections and continusections, and uniting`means for the sections l0 ously across the series, and securing devicesextending,` through the tie members. extending through the respectivebands and In testimony whereof affix my signature 'the sections of eachslut in proximity to the in presence oic two Witnesses.

side edges uniting the parts.

i HARLF FE ER. 3. A fabric for shipping crates or baskets, C TAS SSLcomprising a series of slats formed each of Nitnessesz longitudinalsections, a series of tie mem- NELLIE KINSELLA,

bers crosswise of the slats intermediate the JAMES P. BARRY.

